No. 7, January/February 2010
Primer Highlights
STM32 Primer2 Tops List of EETimes Products of the Year!
With its rich feature set, ease-of-access to components via CircleOS, and a supporting online community, STM32 Primer2 won the accolades of the EE Times , topping their Products of the Year for 2009! Primer2 is the Raisonance promotional and evalution tool for the STM3210xE variants of the STM32 ARM Cortex-M3 core-based family. Products are selected for the EE Times top ten list based on internet user views of the products on the eeProductCenter site. You can check out the complete listing at EE Times, or read more about Primer2 in the article from Catherine Mathas.
Congratulations to the Primer2 engineering team, and many thanks to STMicroelectronics and all the Primer contributors and users for your support.
Primer2: Featured Demo at Smart Card Industry Awards
Very High Data Rate (VHDR) is a hot, up-and-coming technology for contactless smart cards and mobile handsets... and what could be a better showcase for this award winning technology than STM32 Primer2.
This proved to be exactly the case at the smart card industry's 2009 flagship event - Cartes in Paris - where Primer2 with VHDR add-on-modules were used to demonstrate VHDR by downloading MP3 files from a contactless smart card reader. At the "Sesames" awards ceremony, and throughout the event Primer2 drew the attention of spectators for VHDR and other smart card technologies.
Events
Embedded World 2010, Nuremberg, Germany
Stop in and visit with us at the industry's leading embedded event. There will be many highlights to discuss and see on the stand this year, to include tools for leading cores like ARM, STM8, 8051, PowerPC and much more.
In addition, you won't want to miss the introduction of Open4 - the Primer and development platform for 2010 and the future. On the stand you'll see the first Open4 Primers featuring the low power consumption STM8L family and the STM32E. You'll learn more about how Open4 can open a world of opportunities for your application ideas.
Embedded World
2-4 March 2010
Stand 10-128
Nuremberg Messe
STM8 & ST7
First Open4 Primers explore Low Power consumption with STM8L
Explore the possibilities of low power consumption features on the Primer for STM8L . This new application starter and development tool is based on the Raisonance Open4 platform, which allows users to develop and debug applications for a variety of MCUs ranging from the STM8L to the powerful STM32E ARM Cortex-M3 core-based devices. Open4 provides a complete range of fun and pertinent evaluation features including touch screen, MEMS accelerometer, joystick, push buttons, audio record/playback, MicroSD card, USB, SPI, USART and many other interface possibilities.
For STM8 and STM8L devices, users can build their applications using the free evaluation version (output up to 16 Kbytes of executable code) or professional version of the Raisonance STM8 C compiler. A dedicated USB interface is provided to program the target STM8 and then debug the application code with the Ride7 development environment.
To facilitate initial trials with STM8L, the primer includes: CircleOS for easy access to peripherals and loading of new applications, plus sample applications implementing a range of target peripherals. The principle application provided on the Primer for STM8L is a standalone temperature sensor, that maintains battery power supply using solar cells.
Visit us at Embedded World for demos, more information and more innovations.
ARM Families
New Open4 Primer Supports Developers on STM32E
Application engineers on STM32 will be able to explore the features of the first Open4 Primers. This new application starter and development tool allows users to develop and debug applications for a variety of MCUs ranging from 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 core-based devices to 8-bit STM8 microcontrollers. Open4 provides a complete range of fun and pertinent evaluation features including a 2.4" color touch screen, MEMS accelerometer, joystick, push buttons, audio record/playback, MicroSD card, USB, SPI, USART and many other interface possibilities.
For STM32 devices, users can build their applications using the free GCC C compiler for ARM, program the target STM32 and then debug the application code with the Ride7 development environment.
To facilitate initial trials with the target MCU, the primer includes: CircleOS for easy access to peripherals and loading of new applications, plus sample applications implementing a wide variety of peripherals. And, thanks to the CircleOS API, applications from STM32 Primer1 and Primer2 tools also run on Open4 without recompiling! Users benefit from a wide range of fun and pertinent applications.
Visit us at Embedded World for demos and more information.
Ride7 and RLink expand support for NXP ARM Cortex-M3 families
The latest release of Ride7 allows users of the RLink Professional for ARM to program and debug applications for the NXP LPC1700 family of ARM Cortex-M3 core-based devices. Users can build their applications using the free GCC C compiler for ARM (compiles up to 32 Kbytes of executable code), program the target and then debug the application code with the Ride7 development environment. Users can download the complete toolchain for free on the Raisonance web site, then code and compile their applications and start debugging with the included simulator.
For debugging the application while it runs on a target device, users can get the RLink Professional for ARM. This versatile, robust tool allows unlimited debugging via JTAG or SWD interface, with USB connection to the host PC.
Visit us at Embedded World for demos and more information.
SPC56xx PowerPC Families
RLink Programs, Debugs SPC56xx PowerPC Devices
In February, RLink-PPC for programming and debugging applications on the STMicroelectronic's SPC56xx family of automotive-grade, PowerPC core-based microcontrollers was added to the Raisonance tool line. The RLink connects to application boards via industry standard JTAG connection for PowerPC devices and comes with all the hardware and software required for debugging and programming including the latest release of the Ride7 integrated development environment with RKit-PPC for device support of SPC56xxB and SPC56xxM variants.
RLink-PPC is available in a low-cost Standard version offering unlimited programming capability and limited debugging (up to 64 Kbytes of object code) for evaluation. In the Professional version , RLink PPC allows both unlimited debugging and programming.
For compiling application code, users can control compilers from leading suppliers including GreenHills, Cosmic Software and Windriver from a dedicated interface in Ride7.
Software installs for Ride7 and RKit-PPC are available for free download from the Raisonance web site at www.mcu-raisonance.com/ppc-support.html.
For product ordering and availability, email info@raisonance.com . Please indicate the product code that you are interested in:
- RLink-PPC-PRO: unlimited programming and debugging. Includes Ride7, RFlasher and RKit-PPC software
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RLink-PPC-STD: unlimited programming, debugging up to 64 Kbytes of code in RAM or FLash memory. Includes Ride7, RFlasher and RKit-PPC software.vailability information
8051 Families
Support Reminder
Update support contract, benefit from latest 8051 toolset evolutions
The latest release of the RKit51 tool installation featured a wide range of improvements and formalized numerous fixes to known limitations that had been delivered previously as software patches. Changes integrated in the current release are enumerated in the software release notes and available in the evaluation version of the toolset at www.mcu-raisonance.com/8051-downloads .
Coming evolutions of the 8051 toolchain include support of the compiler toolchain under Ride7 - the latest version of the Raisonance integrated development environment, which will be on demo at Embedded World in March.
In order to benefit from these changes and future evolutions of the tools, users must have an up to date support contract for their RKitL51, RKitE51 or RCA51 products. Additional services under your Raisonance support contract include direct support via telephone or email.
For support contract pricing and ordering, email info@raisonance.com . Please indicate your product's serial number and product type (RKitL51, RKitE51 or RCA51).
MCU Development Tool News is a bi-monthly publication containing news and information about microcontroller development tools from Raisonance. It includes notifications of the latest software downloads, including Ride7 development environment and Raisonance C compilers for 8051, ARM, STM8 and ST7 cores. It is sent to users and visitors registered on the Raisonance internet site, www.mcu-raisonance.com.
